The game of cricket is believed to have originated in rural England sometime in the 16th or 17th century. The earliest versions of cricket balls had no standard size, weight or stitching: they were ...

Balls used in the series between England and India will be examined by the manufacturer after the first three Tests were blighted by problems. The Dukes balls have been regularly changed because they ...

England plan to reject any proposals to play a day-night Test using a pink ball under lights in the next Ashes series in ...

A single cow only makes 15 Dukes cricket balls. Whereas a butcher might pride themselves on achieving maximum bang for their bovine buck by using almost the entire animal from nose to tail, it turns ...

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